1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
The 1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 20th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. Sixteen teams would enter the Europe Zone, while 9 would enter the America Zone. Chile, Portugal, Poland and Sweden competed for the first time.
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| Duration | 8 May – 13 September 1925 |
| Edition | 20th |
| Teams | 23 |
| Champion | |
| Winning Nation | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} United States |
← 1924 1926 → | |
France defeated Australia in the Inter-Zonal play-off, but would fall to the United States in the Challenge Round. The final was played at the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on 11–13 September.[1][2]
America Zone
Draw
| Quarterfinals 16–19 July | Semifinals 13–15 August | Final 20–22 August | |||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | w/o | ||||||||||||
| Montreal, Canada (grass) | |||||||||||||
 New Zealand | |||||||||||||
| Canada | 0 | ||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | 5 | ||||||||||||
 Hawaii | |||||||||||||
| Boston, MA, United States (grass) | |||||||||||||
| Australia | w/o | ||||||||||||
| Australia | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Mazatlán, Mexico (clay) | |||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Japan | 1 | ||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Mexico | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Baltimore, MD, United States (grass) | |||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Spain | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Spain | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Japan | 3 | ||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} China | |||||||||||||
| Japan | w/o | ||||||||||||
Final
Australia vs. Japan
Australia 4 |
Longwood Cricket Club, Boston, MA, United States[3] 20–22 August 1925 Grass |
Japan 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Europe Zone
Draw
| First round 8–19 May | Quarterfinals 27 May–14 June | Semifinals 10–14 July | Final 18–20 July | |||||||||||||||
| Budapest, Hungary (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} France | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Paris, France (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Hungary | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| France | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lisbon, Portugal (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Italy | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
 Portugal | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastbourne, England (grass) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| France | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| London, England (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
 Great Britain | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
 Romania | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
 Denmark | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Warsaw, Poland (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Great Britain | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Poland | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Great Britain | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| France | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Vienna, Austria | ||||||||||||||||||
 Netherlands | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
 Austria | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Vienna, Austria | ||||||||||||||||||
 Ireland | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Austria | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Brussels, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||
 India | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| India | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| India | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bern, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
 Sweden | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Switzerland | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
 Czechoslovakia | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Final
Netherlands vs. France
Netherlands 0 |
Noordwijk Club, Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay) [4] 18–20 July 1925 Clay |
France 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Inter-Zonal Final
France vs. Australia
France 3 |
West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, NY, United States[5] 4–5 September 1925 Grass |
Australia 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Challenge Round
United States vs. France
United States 5 |
Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia, PA, United States[2] 11–13 September 1925 Grass |
France 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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See also
References
- Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- "United States v France". daviscup.com.
- "Australia v Japan". daviscup.com.
- "Netherlands v France". daviscup.com.
- "France v Australia". daviscup.com.
External links
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